Student Bulletin - 29th Sept

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STUDENT BULLETIN Week beginning Monday 29

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Personal Safety – Be Aware A student at the college had her phone snatched from her hand whilst walking along Darnton Road earlier this week. Will all students ensure they take care of themselves and personal belongings when they are out and about.

Local Residents Students are asked to consider litter and noise in the Bowman Crescent and surrounding roads, past the cut through to Tesco and Mossley Road from Montague Road. In the past week, neighbours have reported on a number of occasions students congregating around gardens and also being able to smell cannabis. The college will immediately suspend any student who is found to be using, carrying or under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

The local community police liaison have also been alerted to the problem and are/will be making regular trips to the area throughout the day.

LRC Opening Times GH2.5

2.15

Monday 8.15-4pm

Monday 8.15-4pm

Tuesday 8.15-4pm

Tuesday 8.15-4pm

Wednesday 8.15-8pm

Wednesday 8.15-4pm

Thursday 8.15-8pm

Thursday 8.15-3.45pm

Friday 8.15-4pm

Friday 8.15-4pm

ST1.1

Monday 8.15-1.45pm Tuesday 8.15-1.45pm Wednesday 8.15-1.45pm Thursday 8.15-1.45pm

Friday 8.30-1.45pm

Please note that due to UCAS tutorials, ST1.1 is not available for drop-in during the following days/periods throughout the first half term: Monday - Period 1 & 3 Tuesday - Period 3 Wednesday - Period 1 Thursday - Period 1 & 3 We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

University Access Schemes 2014-15 For A2 students applying to Leeds, Newcastle, Lancaster, York or Warwick For more information on any of these schemes or to check your eligibility, please see Nikki Zywina in Student Services.

In addition to the schemes below, if you took part in MAP, Realising Opportunities, Next Step York or Target Uni last year you may be eligible for a lower UCAS offer or additional UCAS support through your programme which should have been explained when you signed up for it last year.

Access to Leeds Students who take part in the Access to Leeds programme will receive special consideration from Leeds admissions tutors and if you receive a UCAS offer, you will also receive an Access to Leeds offer two grades below the standard offer (e.g. BBB instead of AAB). To get this offer you must complete the Access to Leeds programme which includes a study skills assignment and a subject assignment (both completed online).

You must meet two or more of the following criteria: •

From a household with an annual income of £25,000 or below OR receive the 16-19 bursary/discretionary learner support OR received free school meals during your GCSEs.

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In the first generation of your immediate family to apply to higher education (i.e. your parents didn’t go to university).

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Your secondary school achieved less than the national average of 5 A*-C GCSE passes.

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Your studies have been disrupted by circumstances in your personal, social or domestic life.

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You live in a geographical area with low levels of progression to higher education (check online: http://srmt.leeds.ac.uk/a2lpostcodesearch.php)

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Living or grew up in public care.

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Only option is to attend a local university.

Access to Leeds applicants must submit their UCAS application as normal and complete a separate Access to Leeds application form (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ace/PS/a2l_Application_Pack.html) and send this to Leeds.

More information: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ace/PS/A2L.html Deadline: 7th November 2014 (Medicine & Dentistry) or 27th February 2015 (all other subjects) Newcastle Partners Students who complete the Partners programme could receive a lower conditional offer for a course at Newcastle (e.g. BBB instead of AAB). The programme includes a summer school at Newcastle University in summer 2015.

You must meet at least one of the following criteria (check your eligibility online at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners/eligibility/): •

The number of students at your school achieving 5 or more GCSEs at A*-C was 35% or less in the year you sat your GCSEs.

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You have received (or are entitled to) free school meals or the 16-19 bursary.

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You have lived in local authority care for 3 months or longer within the last ten years.

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Your parents did not go to university and they do not have a professional occupation.

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Your live in a geographical area which has low progression to higher education

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You live in a geographical area which has a high level of financial, economic or social deprivation

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You have experienced extenuating personal circumstances and live in a neighbourhood which has a high level of financial, economic or social deprivation.

Partners applicants must: 1. Complete a Partners application form

(http://www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/assets/documents/PARTNERSApplicationForm2015E ntry.pdf) 2. Complete your UCAS form, adding a ‘P’ in the ‘Further Details section next to the

course(s) you are applying to at Newcastle 3. Give your Partners form and a copy of your completed UCAS form to your tutor, who

should complete the reference and send the form to Newcastle.

More information: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners/ Deadline: 15th October 2014 (Medicine and Dentistry) or 15th January 2014 (all other subjects)

Warwick University – Access to Warwick Degrees Do you have something that you would like to be taken into consideration when applying to Warwick, but can't fully explain on your UCAS form? If so, AWARDS may be for you.

AWARDS forms are for students who have experienced family difficulties, financial restrictions, ill health, limited options at school/college, or other circumstances which have affected your academic performance or options. Complete your UCAS form as normal, applying to your chosen course(s) at Warwick, and complete an AWARDS form and send this to Warwick.

More information: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply/awards/ University of York Access Scheme The aim of the University of York Access Scheme is to improve access to the University for applicants who have faced challenges - social, personal or educational - which may have affected their performance in education. It allows applicants to provide additional information to the University alongside their UCAS application, which admissions selectors will take into account. The university will also provide additional support to students both before they start their studies and in the first weeks of term.

To be eligible for the University of York Access Scheme you need to fulfil ONE or more of the following criteria: •

Have grown up in, or are living in, local authority care.

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Be in receipt of, or entitled to, discretionary payments at school/college OR be in receipt of, or entitled to, free school meals.

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Attend, or have attended, a school which achieved less than 58% A* to C passes at GCSE in 2013 (including Maths and English).

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Have had your educational studies hindered by circumstances in your personal, social or domestic life.

If you are eligible and wish to apply through the access scheme, complete your UCAS form as normal, applying to your chosen course(s) at York, and also complete the Access Scheme application form from the York website. Send the Access Scheme form to York before, or at the same time as, submitting your UCAS application.

More information: http://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying/access-scheme/ Newcastle University – Guaranteed Offer

Through our partnership with Newcastle University, ASFC students applying to Newcastle University will receive a guaranteed offer for most courses if your predicted grades meet the entry requirements for your chosen course. (The guaranteed offer is not available for courses which have additional selection measures such as interviews, portfolios or auditions.)

Submit your UCAS form as normal, applying to your chosen course(s) at Newcastle, to receive the guaranteed offer.

Lancaster University – Guaranteed Offer As part of our partnership with Lancaster University, ASFC students applying to Lancaster University will receive a guaranteed offer for most courses if your predicted grades meet the entry requirements. (For Art, Physics, or Theatre Studies you will get a guaranteed interview rather than guaranteed offer, and the guaranteed offer is not available at all for Medicine, Pre Medical Studies or Social Work.)

Submit your UCAS form as normal, applying to your chosen course(s) at Lancaster, to receive the guaranteed offer.

Course Change Clinic Please note that the course change clinic will be in operation Monday to Friday week beginning Monday 29 September. You can sign up with any tutor who has an appointment list displayed at the end of their booth or office.